- Calvin's Quiz #419 - 5 Updates
- QFTCI5GNM15 Game 10, Rounds 2-3: color and artists - 3 Updates
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 08 06:36PM +0100 On 2015-12-07 23:26, Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? AC/DC > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? Electro Cardio Therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian water bird? > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Philadelphia -- -- Björn |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Dec 08 07:18PM Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage > has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? Monty Panesar > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", > "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Kim Kardashian > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? Supernanny > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? AC/DC > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters > ECT stand for? Electro Convulsive Therapy > expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian > water bird? Swan > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", > "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Chicago Peter Smyth |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 08 09:11PM > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage > has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? Monty Panesar > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", > "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Selena Gomez (honestly, that's literally the only female celebrity under 25 I can name) > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? Supernanny > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? Men at Work > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT > stand for? Electro-convulsive Therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 > painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive > painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? Gaugin > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian > water bird? Australian Swan > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", > "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? Chicago And, hey, lets be careful out there. |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 09 01:04AM Calvin <334152@gmail.com> wrote in > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? Fins > 3 Which > celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", > "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Taylor Swift > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? > 7 Often simply referred to as > shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? Electrocardio Therapy > privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting > Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting > in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? Gauguin > Australian water bird? > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", > "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? New York > cheers, > calvin Pete |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Dec 08 09:27PM -0800 Calvin wrote: > 1 Does a coelacanth have feathers, fins or fur? fins > 2 Nicknamed the "Sikh of Tweak", which spin bowler of Indian heritage has taken over 150 Test wickets for England? > 3 Which celebrity (b. 1994) has released fragrances called "The Key", "Girlfriend" and "Someday"? Paris Hilton > 4 Brugge and Liege and are cities in which European country? Belgium > 5 By what nickname is British TV personality Jo Frost better known? > 6 Which Australian rock band had a hit in 1982 with "Solid Rock"? Men at Work ?? > 7 Often simply referred to as shock treatment, what do the letters ECT stand for? electro-convulsive therapy > 8 Sold privately for c. $300 million in February 2015, the 1892 painting Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) is the most expensive painting in history. Which Post-Impressionist created it? > 9 Cygnus atratus is the scientific name for which native Australian water bird? swan (don't know which kind) > 10 Which US city is the setting for the TV shows "Mike and Molly", "Hill Street Blues" and "The Good Wife"? San Francisco -- Dan Tilque |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Dec 08 07:07PM +0100 On 2015-12-07 20:12, Mark Brader wrote: > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red,Green,Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, yellow, purple > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Stavar - translates to sticks. > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? reflection > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? Savant. (or at least a saw a program once about an English savant who saw numbers like colors and shapes. > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? color-blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Red; Green > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? blue > * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Paintings No idea -- -- Björn |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Dec 08 09:08PM > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red, Green & Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. CMYK > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Red, Yellow, Blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Cones > that light is composed of colored particles, which combine > to appear white. He also introduced the term "spectrum" and > divided the spectrum into seven colors. Name the scientist. Newton > white light into its colors. This took advantage of the > different behavior of different colors of light during what > phenomenon? Refraction > 7. Some people perceive letters and numbers as colored, whereas > some others see colors when they hear music or sounds. What is > this neurological phenomenon called? Synaesthaesia (!*SP*!) > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? Colour blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Blue and black (also, white and gold) > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Blue > * Game 10, Round 3 - Canadiana Arts - Canadian Paintings Meh |
| Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 08 11:57PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:zZudnRv7rfioR_jLnZ2dnUU7- > * Game 10, Round 2 - Science - Color > 1. What are the three primary colors that make up light? Pixels of > these colors are used in most electronic displays such as LCDs. Red, Green, and Blue > In contrast, the print industry relies on a subtractive system, > often referred to by the abbreviations of four colors. Give that > abbreviation or just name the four colors. Black, White, Yellow, Red > 3. The art world uses pigments or molecules to generate colors, > instead of light. What are the three primary colors in art? Yellow, Red, Blue > 4. What are the color receptors in the human eye called? Rods and cones > scientific understanding of a disorder first reported by John > Dalton in 1793-94. What is the everyday name of this genetic > disorder? Color blindness > actual colors of the dress *or both* alternative colors that > people observed. (And no, you don't have to say which were > the actual colors.) Gold and blue > 10. Coal -- or any other substance -- glows red when heated > ("red-hot"), and upon further heating, it will turn "white-hot". > What color will it turn if it is heated beyond white-hot? Blue Pete |
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